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Who can forget how the Bollywood hip-hop scene was shaken by Kapur’s shooting at a Delhi recording studio?

That vicious/racist new web video attacking a Democratic congressional candidate in California marks the long-awaited debut in political attack ads of Vincent “Chin” Gigante, Carlo Gambino, Lucky Luciano, and a variety of other Mafia figures and notorious criminals.

The video targeting Janice Hahn (who is running to succeed Representative Jane Harman) was produced by Ladd Ehlinger Jr. for the Turn Right USA PAC. Titled “Give Us Your Cash, Bitch,” it features two rappers, booty shaking, a photo of George Soros as Dr. Evil from the Austin Powers movies, and images of assorted Latino gang members.

Repeated viewings of Ehlinger’s 1:29 epic also reveal that he has included photos (usually mug shots) of an assortment of hoodlums to apparently emphasize the gangster/gangsta tendencies of Hahn, a 59-year-old grandmother. Gigante, the late boss of the Genovese crime family, is seen above (bottom right) in a screen grab from the video.

In addition to Gigante, Gambino, and Luciano, other wiseguys in the clip are Al Capone; Meyer Lansky; Bugsy Siegel; Abe Reles; ex-Bonanno boss Joseph Massino; and Liborio “Barney” Bellomo, the Genovese gang’s reputed street boss. John Dillinger, Baby Face Nelson, and Bonnie & Clyde also get screen time.

Others making Ladd’s cut include “American Taliban” John Walker Lindh; Charles Manson; Obama ghostwriter Bill Ayers; “Tokyo Rose”; author/killer Jack Henry Abbott; Fidel Castro; and former Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson. Ladd also made sure to include a booking photo of Anthony “Chopper” Garcia, the California gang member who tattooed on his chest a depiction of a murder he had committed.

The Florida man who “masturbated to the point of ejaculation” during a recent United Airlines flight pleaded guilty Friday to a federal criminal charge, according to court records.

Kyle Pearce, 25, copped a misdemeanor plea during an appearance in U.S. District Court in Denver, Colorado. He faces a maximum of 90 days in jail, a year of supervised release, and a maximum $5000 fine when sentenced August 19.

Pearce, pictured at right, was arrested by FBI agents after he made an “obscene and indecent exposure of his person” during a May 19 flight to Denver from Spokane, Washington. According to an FBI affidavit, an 18-year-old woman who was seated next to Pearce told investigators, “I sat next to a man on a plane who was masterbating [sic]. I heard a noise and looked over and saw his penis.”

The teenager continued, “He ejaculated & got some on the seat. Then he went to the bathroom for a long time.”

A second passenger, Grayson Miller, corroborated the woman’s account. Miller, 18, recalled, “My friend Zach turned to me and said, ‘That man is masturbating’ and in disbelief, I looked and saw his penis and he was.” In a written statement, Miller added, “I hit him with my book in the arm, which caused him to stop and leave to the bathroom.”

Pearce remains free on $25,000 unsecured bond. As part of his conditions of release, Magistrate Judge Kathleen Tafoya ordered last month that he undergo “mental health and counseling” treatment.

A Ukrainian national today pleaded guilty to placing his hand up the skirt of a flight attendant during a late-April flight from London to New York.

During a plea hearing this afternoon at U.S. District Court in Brooklyn, Iurii Chumak, 53, admitted groping the female British Airways employee as she bent over to pour coffee for another passenger on the April 28 flight.

Speaking through a Russian interpreter, Chumak, a Ukraine citizen, pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor count before Magistrate Joan Azrack.

Chumak, who suffers from diabetes, said that the incident “happened because my blood sugar was low,” an excuse that Azrack batted away. After first saying, "I touched a stewardess," Chumak continued, “Maybe I touched her private parts.” He then admitted that the molestation was intentional. 

Chumak, pictured in the above mug shot, grabbed the flight attendant’s “genital area” and “began to run his fingers back and forth,” according to an FBI agent. Chumak, who was traveling with a tour group visiting New York and California, was quickly placed in restraints following the incident and was arrested by federal agents when the aircraft landed at John F. Kennedy International Airport.

A fellow passenger told investigators that a belligerent Chumak had been drinking from a bottle of Dewar’s scotch prior to the groping. When questioned by FBI agents, Chumak denied molesting the flight attendant, and claimed that he “was drinking on the airplane, fell asleep, and woke up in restraints.”

Chumak, whose sentencing date has not been set, remains in custody at the Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn.

The real estate sales listing for Anthony Weiner’s two-bedroom Queens apartment answers the question as to where the disgraced politician was taking photos of himself for future distribution to female online acquaintances.

The Democrat’s “me and the pussys” photo was taken while he was seated on the couch in the living room of his Forest Hills coop. Weiner’s beefcake shot was taken in the apartment’s second bedroom, which he used as a home office. Had he angled the camera up slightly, his framed Kennedy for President poster would have been visible in the background.

As seen above (click to enlarge), images of the interior of the apartment Weiner shares with his wife Huma Abedin, who is reportedly pregnant, were included in online advertisments for the 850-square-foot residence, which hit the market last month priced at $449,000.